Catching Up

So, Christmas is officially over...and I'm officially over Christmas. It was great...we had a fantastic time visiting everyone...opening gifts....eating good food...opening more gifts...music, lights...all the wonderful holiday things. But enough is enough. Frankly, I'm tired of the clutter...and I'm ready to rip my tree down. It's actually starting to stink. I think it smells like a poopy diaper, but Chad swears it's the Christmas tree. And since I've searched the room high and low for any dirty diapers, I'm beginning to agree. Our tree smells like it's over Christmas too. The trash pick-up won't take trees until Jan. 7th, so I think we'll be hauling it to the dump ourselves.
Chad has this entire week off, which is GREAT! He plans to spend the whole week catching up on unfinished/un-started projects around the house.
On a totally different note- I have been to the movies 3 times in the past 2 1/2 months!...truly a record for me. Anyway, on Saturday, Liz and I went to see Marley and Me. I didn't realize we'd be crying through most of it! Really good movie, and I'm NOT a dog person. Me seeing that movie was probably the best thing that's ever happened to Dave. After the movie, I actually missed him! He got lots of love from me when we got home.....I even got a little crazy and let him lay with me on the couch. Dave may be obnoxious, stinky, and loud- but he loves us- and he's a sweet dog.
Chad's parents have a Bishon Freise (sorry- no idea how to spell that). Her name is Stella and she's a little white puff ball. Hannah had a blast with her yesterday- Stella kept giving her kisses and making her laugh. I love this picture of them sitting together.